Why Green Goblin’s Costume Was Redesigned for Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home brought back some of Spider-Man’s most iconic movie villains, including the Green Goblin but with an updated look, which led many to question the reasons behind the costume redesign. However, recent interviews addressing the costume updates suggest exactly why Green Goblin’s costume was redesigned for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
The movie event of the year, Spider-Man: No Way Home was everything a Spider-Man fan hoped it would be, despite being perhaps the most theorized film in the history of the MCU.
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A film that celebrated the character’s 20 years of history on the big screen, the film told the beautifully brutal story of the MCU’s Peter Parker losing everything.
Spurned on by some of the most iconic characters in Spider-Man’s live-action history, some fans took note of the very different looks sported by the various characters, with the most stunning difference coming in the form of Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin.
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One of the most iconic villains in the history of comic book adaptations, Dafoe’s Norman Osborne was a menacing antagonist that tested the most heroic aspects of Peter Parker – and two generations of him at that.
And, according to the man who originated the role, there is a very simple reason as to why Green Goblin’s costume was redesigned for Spider-Man: No Way Home: fan criticism over the costume.
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In a recent interview with the New York Times, Dafoe spoke about the metal mask the character donned in the 2002 film as the subject to a fair amount of criticism, pushing Marvel to find a new way to both honors that original look, and create something just as iconic moving forward.
Speaking of the costumes criticism, Dafoe stated, “We heard it enough that it was probably a consideration, to change it up a little bit. I don’t think about that because I don’t think about emoting with my face. My face follows my heart. It’s just an expression of what you’re feeling.”
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The Metal cackling Goblin mask surely stands alone as one of the most interesting and iconic adaptations yet, but it also makes a lot of sense for Marvel and the MCU to want to allow Dafoe the freedom to act without the hindering of a mask.
After all, it did give them one of the best performances of Marvel’s Phase Four and created one of the best adaptations of a comic book villain yet.
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